Posts Tagged ‘crude oil’

  • Market Review June 6 2012

    Jun 6, 12 • 4464 Views • Market Reviews Comments Off on Market Review June 6 2012

    On Tuesday there was little in the way of news flow, except of the G7 emergency teleconference, which yielded very little in the way of results or news. And there was even less on the eco calendar. The fundamentals affecting the markets on Tuesday were:...

  • Crude Oil and the current EU Crisis

    Jun 5, 12 • 2606 Views • Market Commentaries Comments Off on Crude Oil and the current EU Crisis

    During this morning’s session crude oil futures prices are trading above $84.73/bbl in electronic trading. Most of the Asian equities are up near 1 percent on speculation of positive expectation from ease of debt crisis in Euro-zone. Most importantly,...

  • Market Review June 5 2012

    Jun 5, 12 • 4954 Views • Market Reviews Comments Off on Market Review June 5 2012

    European markets will lead global influences again on four main counts.  First, German releases could be the most important development in the eurozone as consensus expects each of factory orders, industrial production and exports to take a step backward...

  • Crude Oil kicks of June

    Jun 1, 12 • 2572 Views • Market Commentaries Comments Off on Crude Oil kicks of June

    During early Asian session crude oil futures prices are hovering below $86.20/bbl with fall of more than 0.30 percent in electronic platform. Oil price are under pressure on concern from major oil consuming nation like China. PMI manufacturing index for the...

  • Market Review June 1 2012

    Jun 1, 12 • 5929 Views • Market Reviews 1 Comment

    Bonds continued their march to lower yields today. US 10’s now yield 1.56%, UK 10’s yield 1.56%, German 10’s yield 1.2%… and Spanish 10’s yield 6.5%. The extent to which European capital is cycling out of Spanish (and to a lesser extent Italian)...

  • Market Review May 31 2012

    May 31, 12 • 6673 Views • Market Reviews Comments Off on Market Review May 31 2012

    The deepening euro crisis is hurting Asian stocks as they head for their worst monthly performance since late 2008. The euro has also fallen below $1.24 levels, forcing Asian currencies to also pare losses against the greenback. The SGX Nifty is trading lower...

  • Market Review May 30 2012

    May 30, 12 • 7068 Views • Market Reviews Comments Off on Market Review May 30 2012

    Equities traded higher today, with US and Canadian markets rallying on news that China might undertake meaningful fiscal stimulus. While industrial metals stocks rallied with the base metals complex, gold stocks fell by 2.4% and gold fell 1.7%. Industrial...

  • Market Review May 29 2012

    May 29, 12 • 7194 Views • Market Reviews Comments Off on Market Review May 29 2012

    On Tuesday morning, we are witnessing a lackluster trading session in Asian stocks, as most of them pare slight gains barring Japan. With the US closed yesterday, no major leads were given to the Asian markets. The gains are being restricted as investors are...

  • Market Review May 28 2012

    May 28, 12 • 5982 Views • Market Reviews Comments Off on Market Review May 28 2012

    Much of the risk tone facing world markets will be set by the US economy.  For the most part this will only happen toward the end of the week not only because US markets are closed for Memorial Day on Monday but also because a series of key reports will be...

  • Market Review May 25 2012

    May 25, 12 • 7739 Views • Market Reviews Comments Off on Market Review May 25 2012

    Equity markets were mixed today, with Asian indices trading lower following the release of a weak Chinese PMI, European markets bouncing back from yesterday’s swoon (despite weak PMI data that showed manufacturing contraction throughout the continent –...